Luxury dining: Top 5 Christmas restaurants in Mayfair, London

Packed with iconic landmarks, exclusive boutiques and celebrated restaurants, Mayfair is one of London’s most luxurious districts. It takes on an extra level of excitement at Christmas thanks to its glittering decorations and festive atmosphere, making it the perfect destination for your Christmas celebrations. If it’s a lavish dining experience you’re after this season, take your pick from these top London restaurants this Christmas.

The Ivy Asia, Mayfair: A Festive Delight for Adventurous Foodies

You can always rely on The Ivy Asia for wow-factor interiors, and its Asian-inspired Mayfair location is no different. The Ivy Asia Mayfair is a visual feast of antique decor, green stone floors and vivid pink cherry blossom, making it a striking setting for Christmas festivities. The perfect London Christmas party restaurant, its festive set menus are ideal for adventurous foodies who want to steer clear of yuletide tradition this December.

Festive dining at the Ivy Asia Mayfair is a sparkling affair thanks to its partnership with Champagne Laurent-Perrier, and this season the restaurant’s iconic ‘Black Shell’ sushi platter is paired with a bottle of Heritage champagne. There’s a host of festive specials to sample, including the chocolate-rich ‘Voyage to the Ivy Asia Reindeer’ dessert, and there’s a Japanese flavour to the Christmas dinner menus. Go all out with the Premium Festive Experience menu, which features an extravagant array of sushi, gyoza, tempura, black cod miso and a 6.5oz beef fillet steak.

Book your Christmas meal at The Ivy Asia

The Ivy Asia

8-10 North Audley Street

London

W1K 6WS

Mount St. Restaurant: An Elegant Venue for Christmas Dinner

You’ll find Mount St. Restaurant on the first floor of The Audley. Its elegant, light-filled interiors are adorned with specially commissioned, site-specific art, making this restaurant a favourite among art-lovers. If you’re dining with a family group of six or more, it also has four unique private dining spaces collectively known as ‘The Curious Rooms’, each with a different theme – like the Scottish Room, where an antler installation brings a Highland flavour to your Christmas lunch, and the cosy, clandestine top floor Games Room.

Guests can expect an exquisite festive dining experience at Mount St. Restaurant, in line with their celebrated London-inspired menu. This restaurant does everything to exceptional standards, whether it’s an indulgent beef Wellington for two, a Dover sole with hollandaise or a white truffle risotto with English sparkling wine, Waterloo cheese and truffle honey. There’s Oscietra caviar on offer to make Christmas lunch extra-extravagant, and a selection of delicious dessert wines to round things off.

Make your festive dinner reservation at Mount St. Restaurant

Mount St. Restaurant

First Floor, 41-43 Mount Street

London

W1K 2RX

Scott’s Mayfair: Celebrate the Holiday Season in Style

Further along Mount Street there’s another elegant Christmas Day restaurant choice, and one with an illustrious claim to fame: it was in Scott’s Mayfair that Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, discovered the iconic dry martini, “shaken, not stirred”. This glamorous haunt started out as an oyster warehouse in 1851 and grew into one of the capital’s most celebrated seafood restaurants. If you’re looking for an alternative to turkey this Christmas, its elegant seafood is served in a luxurious setting more than fit for the big day.

Christmas at Scott’s is a lavish affair that’s sure to feature fashionable English fizz, with the restaurant offering a Nyetimber festive pairing menu from 10 November onwards. Look forward to decadent favourites such as Platinum caviar and English oysters, fish dishes including Dover sole, lobster thermidor and Cornish turbot, and Cox’s Pippin and Bramley apple pie. For bigger groups, Scott’s has two private dining spaces, complete with mid-century furnishings, built-in fish tanks, private sommeliers and artwork by Chagelle, Renoir and other greats. Perfect for a Christmas party, the sumptuous set menu features Scott’s shellfish cocktail (lobster and Devon crab galore), beef Wellington with winter truffle mushrooms and a chocolate and clementine crunch bar.

Book your Christmas meal or party at Scott’s Mayfair

Scott’s Mayfair

20 Mount Street

London

W1K 2HE

The Colony Grill Room: For a Sophisticated Christmas Lunch 

Opened in 2014, The Colony Grill Room’s luxurious 1920s New York-style Grill Room has quickly built a reputation for exceptional service paired with old-world charm. Despite its sophisticated ambience, it’s equally suited to families, tourists and couples alike, with children’s festive dining priced at half that of the adult version.

Famed for its transatlantic comfort food, table-side flambés and bespoke ice cream sundaes, The Colony is a popular choice all year round – so its Christmas Day lunch menu doesn’t disappoint. This seven-course feast has a traditional roasted Norfolk bronze turkey as its centrepiece (truffled potato gnocchi for the veggies), and Beaumont Christmas pudding as one of its desserts. But there are all kinds of other treats in store as well – think foie gras parfait on toasted brioche, lobster and salmon ravioli in a shellfish bisque and truffled brie de Meaux.

Reserve your Christmas meal at The Colony Grill Room

The Colony Grill Room

The Beaumont

Brown Hart Gardens

London

W1K 6TF

Jamavar: A Michelin-Starred Festive Dining Experience

Celebrate Christmas the unconventional way with Michelin-starred Indian fine dining at Jamavar, the perfect festive destination for lovers of Indian cuisine. This exceptional restaurant takes its name from the ornate Kashmiri lacework of the 16th century, and it offers a different kind of Christmas day lunch in London. Its façade is decorated for the festive season in a style befitting Mughal emperors, with brick bronze garlands and vivid red ornaments inspired by New Delhi’s Lal Quila.

You won’t have to forego turkey completely with Jamavar’s festive menu, with their Achari turkey tikka dish serving up this festive meat in true Indian style. Other temptations include the dill salmon tikka (with optional Oscietra caviar for added luxury), the signature Old Delhi butter chicken and a warm Valrhona chocolate mousse. Get into the festive spirit with an accompanying wine flight, and remember there’s another mouthwatering menu for any vegetarians in your party.

Book your unconventional Christmas dinner at Jamavar

Jamavar

8 Mount St

London

W1K 3NF

Experience the best festive dining in Mayfair’s top fine-dining restaurants

Mayfair has an enviable choice of Christmas dinner restaurants, and whether you’re planning a Christmas Eve get-together with friends, an intimate Christmas lunch for two or a family dinner on the big day, each of these top restaurants offers a unique take on festive luxury. Visit the restaurants’ websites for more information and place your booking before reservations fill up.